Ezra 6:11 meaning and explanation
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
Ezra 6:11, Berean Standard Bible
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King Darius is speaking, closing the decree he issued after the archives of Babylon were searched and Cyrus's original order for the temple was found. The threat is aimed at anyone, governor or official, who alters the decree or obstructs the rebuilding in Jerusalem.
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